The New Paper, 16 May 1999

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    24 1 the new paper on sunday MAY 16 1999 U 70 CENTS t Singapore Pmt Hotdingt http://nawpapar.asia1 com.sg MITA (P) 107/03/99 Another quality publication of <
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    Lock icon Found after 75 years. With love letter in pocket
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    Lock icon This was a ROAD
    414 2 LANDSLIDE CHAOS IN SELANGOR x NEWS Bernama. MORE than 10,000 residents woke up yesterday morning to find themselves stranded with nowhere to go. They were cut off from the rest of Selangor after a massive landslide sent tonnes of earth roaring down Bukit Antarabangsa completely burying
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    In Sickneess and in health
    1336 4  -  Hubby betrayed me, gave me HIV. But I still cared for him By Augustine Pang WHEN Karen got married, she made a vow: In sickness and in health, till death do us part... She took those words to heart. Even under the most cruel of
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  • NEWS
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      Oh no Oh no
      673 5  -  IS MY SISTER A LESBIAN, ASKS READER. YES, SAY OUR EXPERTS IT'S A GROWING PROBLEM My sister's been seen with another girl. What should I do to help hert By Ernest Luis HAVE you noticed this about your sister lately? Ever since she entered secondary school,
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    • Article
      HOW YOU CAN BE SURE: THE BUTCH AND FEMININE ROLES
      295 5 USUALLY in a lesbian relationship, one partner assumes the male role better known as the butch role while the other plays the female role. "Butches" tend to have very short haircuts and wear baggy pants and shirts and tight sports
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      She's my friend, but I don't want to hear about it
      443 5  -  My friend goes on and on about her relationship with another girl... Comment by Shazalina Salim A FRIEND is going to the West to get married. She's not after glamour. And they are both Singaporean, so citizenship is not
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      Don't teach. show you care.
      71 5 suadaughter is IrtjlgßS into the arms woman? off or impose eta Km her. She IffltjMgSHow you care. SayjHHie Family Life Cuoovb Mr David Kan: "Sontfli jtoes, parents may the shock and I 11l fci 1 protecteßng^^^^^^^^^l but "i ewers «Brfrbw«g3^^ Rat4iii^St^MtrentB should M that W
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      IF YOU DON'T get a taxi, a place in your favourite restaurant next month, you'll know why when you read this
      605 6 Some 20,000 people will be descending on Singapore for the Rotary International Convention 1999 between June 13 and 16. MICHELLE ANG finds out what this spells for our little
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon He looked like a marble statue on the mountain
      683 8  -  By Brian Miller ITS an awesome picture of death on a mountain. It shows the body of an extraordinary person, who died 75 years ago, at that spot on the icy, windswept slopes of Mount Everest. It is a picture taken
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      Your last chance to join!
      429 9  -  11 What The New Paper Big Walk 11 Whew May 23, Sunday, 7.30 am El Where: Rag off at the Rational Stadium l] Itagtatritioii: The registration fee is $4 for fun —walkers and $5 for competitive walkers. You can register at Jurong Point, Northpoint, Tampines
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      She's won trip to Perth
      64 9 MADAM Carolyn Viseschinda (IC number *****98/ A) is the lucky winner of a Perth holiday for two. She spotted correctly the differences in last week's pictures, which we have high- lighted above. Out of 5,176 entries to our final contest last week, 4,333 spotted the
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      Get free snacks this week
      73 9 ITS snacks galore for readers in the week ahead! One thousand free snacks each day have been lined up for you from Tuesday to Friday at Plaza Singapura. From breakfast sets to chocalate chip muffins, oyster sauce vegetables to Japanese mushi, theyH be yours if
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      INSIDE Concubine Village
      398 10 A small Chinese village, about twice the size of Ngee Ann City, has made its name in Asia's magazines and newspapers. It's Huangbeiling in Shenzhen. What's so special about this sleepy village? YONG SIEW FERN takes you... Abridge half as long as the Sentosa causeway bridge separates
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      Lock icon Once-a-week husband
      743 11 Inside concubine village: The women lShe meets him when he's 'at play JShe marries him lShe sees him once a week JShe gets $400 a month for rent SHE sports tinted brown hair and is togged up in trendy black and grey streetwear. Hurrying down a busy street
      PICTURES CHOO CHWEE HUA  -  743 words
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      Cheap cheaters
      804 12 E Chinese women treat them like gods K HK men like novelty E The smart ones see more than one man E HK men pay up to $800 to keep mistresses THE 'ACCUSED* WHEN you cheat, it's even better when it's cheap. Hongkong sales executive Michael Yuen, 37,
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      The other 'stealers'
      367 12 CALL them independent or silly, but Chinese girls with Hongkong husbands have no qualms living away from their men for so long. They do not seem interested in what their husbands do, either. Zhou Hongmei, 27, said her Hongkong husband, 37, worked for a firm that "imports
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      Untitled
      463 13  - By Roger Konopasek OF my 35 years, I have been on the road for 30 and have lived in South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and the US. In most of the countries, I experienced the high life as an expat and revelled in the material comforts my status accorded me.
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      AGROnyms
      95 13 What* s SRP? IT stands for Skills Redevelopment Programme. The National Trades Union Congress launched it in December 1996. The purpose: To encourage older workers to upgrade their skills so that they would continue to be employable. Who pays for the training? Originally, the Skills Development Fund (SDF) paid
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  • THE WEEK
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      Do we really hear the VOP*?
      365 14  -  *Very Ordinary Person Every Sunday, we Invite a personality to comment on the week's headlines that happen to catch his or her eye. Radio deejay Brian Richmond has his say today Guest editor BRIAN RICHMOND THE National Kidney Foundation vs Internet chatterboxes fight is
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      Hey, that was below the belt
      138 14 Judicious journalism which requires us to take a critical stand is being fast eroded by shallow swiping journalism. Consider last week's Sunday Times feature on radio presenters. Was there really a need to run us down with clever quips and disdain? More than 300,000
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      SOUNDBITE
      31 14 In my house, my wife, Susanne has the strongest opinions about news. She reads The Straits Times, The New Paper and Shin Min extensively and shares her interpretations with me.
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  • @ A GLANCE
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      Health time bomb
      305 15 ARE you in this group? Not rich enough for the "first-class" care provided by private hospitals like Mount Elizabeth. But not poor enough to get free or cheap health care from voluntary welfare organisations or the Government. Then read on. Especially if you are among the 200,000
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      CHIT CHAT
      69 15 It is time for President Yeltsin to go. Look what he did to a 1,000-year-old power, a power even Hitler could not defeat Now Russia is falling apart. Russia has already fallen apart. The economy is in ruins, over 10 million people have no jobs. But it can't
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    • BRIEFLY
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        What took so long?
        80 15 IT took a week after Nato missiles blasted China's embassy in Belgrade but the apology finally came from the United Nations Security Council. But there was no condemnation of the destruction which officials said was a mistake caused by the use of outdated maps. Why the
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        Clock in, judges
        56 15 JUDGES in Hongkong have been asked to fill time sheets. But in their judgment, the move is insulting. It implies that that they are "slacking". But officials insist the aim is to "keep a record of the proportion of time spent on different types of work prepared
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        50,000 in hiding
        67 15 THIS many illegal immigrants can be found in Australia. Most have been on the run for at least six years. Many are British who marry Australian citizens and have families. A drifting force of cheap labour, their numbers have risen steadily for the past three years. "The
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        Banker to lead Macau
        67 15 MACAU'S first post-handover leader will be banker Edmund Ho Hau Wah. After winning a landslide victory yesterday, he named the formation of his government and the territory's law and order as his top priorities. Mr Ho, 44, will become Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative
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        Video jail visits
        67 15 RELATIVES of prisoners will be Bpared the long journey to Changi to visit them. They will be able to hold a video conference instead at neighbourhood booths. These can seat a family of four facing a large TV-like monitor. The booths will be sited in several town
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        Real brass
        55 15 NATIONAL Cadet Corps (NCC) units in schools will get officers from the Singapore Armed Forces as advisers by the end of the year. SAF officers holding the rank of and ex-SAF personnel will serve as advisers to attract more students to the corps. By next year, polytechnics will
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        Pay rise
        69 15 THE US President may get a rise in pay which has been the same for 30 years. But President Bill Clinton, who is now paid US$2OO,OOO a year, won't benefit from the doubling of the presidential pay packet. The law if passed will come into effect after he
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        Viet Malaria scare
        52 15 TRAVELLERS take .note. There is a 250-per-cent year-on-year surge in malaria deaths in Vietnam in the first four months of this year. The disease claimed 44 lives between January and April, mainly in the central and southern regions. More than 74,500 people contracted it during the past
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      QUOTE WORTHY
      60 15 We leaders who have a vision for the future. It will be a ***mfor Malaysia if there emerge leaders from among you wttma narrow mind set... who oppose development and onlylcnow to scream that these developments are mega projects and are a waste qffunds. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad,
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      FOR THE FAMILY
      40 15 Kompang in the garden: Enjoy the beat of the kompang (Malay hand drums) and leam more about Malay music andsongs. The lilting sounds can be heard at the Woodlands Town Garden at 5.30 pm today. It's free.
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      33 15 WtATHHt TODAY '~~i wKw/ QMiy. )MHn H HW MS m0nM| MO Mny nWMflR IW HH9t VML O jfij jjj iMMnin ?5T lin»S4i.— 2.8 m: 11.50 on mown JJt aaJMi... 3.1 m: ll.BOpn 1
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  • NEWS
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      Masala musicals chase Japanese blues away
      343 16 CAN you have sushi with dosai? See the Tsy Mahal in Japan? A Tamil movie in Tokyo? The answer is yes to the last question. Tamil movies or better known as "masala musicals" are hot in Tokyo. And, aiyoyo, you wouldn't believe how they
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      Lock icon Students battle Seoul police
      184 16 Source: Reuters. THEY ripped up pavements and hurled rocks and sand at riot police. Traffic was held up for hours in the ensuing chaos. The downtown streets of Seoul were turned into battle zones yesterday as angry South Korean students and workers battled riot police. The
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      Lock icon More chaos if ...
      359 17 More chaos if INDONESIAN ELECTIONS Source: Reuters. INDONESIANS are in for a bigger nightmare than the current one if the June 7 general elections are seen as unfair. The warning came from Mr Sastrohandoyo Wiryono, Indonesia's Ambassador to Australia, yesterday. He said Indonesians would be disillusioned if they perceived that
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      Lock icon Miracle he's alive
      431 18 U. S. HIGHSCHOOI MASSACRE HE was one of the first to be gunned down at the US secondary school shooting last month. And the most seriously wounded. Lance Kirklin, 16, was shot in the face, chest, groin, leg and foot. He had to have nearly 30 hours
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      Mrs Gore: My battle with depression
      245 19 'Zfr W« I 11 4a ;S^B^^^BffPPP9^P w W K W fo B P res longer unr gi, ■•■■'•mm oneTTtMnk j»u'r#i8v ways on guard. tm*mmmfmmmmmmmmm* Mrs Gore, the top mental health adviser to the White Home, described her sapsrienoe as "frightening*. *1 think it would
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      Warning signs of depression
      79 19 WARNING signs of depression include a long list of symptoms. Having five or more of these symptoms which last for at least two weeks can indicate a major depression. PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS Doprmed or tad woods Lees of interest in usual activities, including sex Feelings of hopelessness,
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      Lock icon House that ex-bus conductor built
      375 20 Malaysia's six million dollar man builds dream house How did a former bus conductor get so much wealth? MALAYSIA'S "six million dollar man" has finally built his dream house: A RM2 million ($900,000) bungalow on top of a hill. This four-storey blue and white bungalow
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      BUS CONDUCTOR TO ACTOR
      95 20 MR Yusof Haslam was a bus conductor before becoming an actor in the early 1970s. As an actor, he never really made it big. But as a movie director-producer, he has achieved a record unmatched by any other film-maker in Malaysia. All the eight movies he
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      26 21 111 I May.6.1999 SSBS*I iVHinii^HiTM^l "MP#* i^liiiitlfii— i Siva J^HK Choy Column Newton Marriage j^^B and the completes the Nineties woman YOUR WEEKEND SECTION •f f
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  • Cookiejar THE PLAGE TO DIP FOR HOUSENOLD TIPS
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      Try THIS today
      417 22 Looking for a family outing to bring out the smiles? Walk on the green side NOT sure what to do with restless children? Here's a tip, plan a picnic! There are plenty of parks here. You may drive right past them everyday without even noticing them. Why
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        Park tips
        51 22  -  Edited by Ng Wan Chig vsranching@sph.com.sg HERE'S what you do before that trip to the park: Plan a menu; Buy all the necessary picnic equipment; Choose a nice accessible park and a nice windy day; and Invite as many friends as you please because hey, space is no
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        Picnic menus
        66 22 WHEN it comes to planning for the Kicnic menus, you can choose etween these two: A simple one: Sardine sandwiches, fried fishballs, chocolate cake, jelly for the kids, soft drinks. Something more elaborate: Bread sticks and pate or tapenade (mashed olives), a blue cheese and crackers, a long
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        Take these along
        50 22 YOU can take along with you a fold-up table with four chairs, mats and cooler boxes. And don't forget that picnic basket actually any old basket which can carry lots of things will do and lots of plastic cups, cutlery, paper plates and tissues or wet ones.
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        Where to get them
        82 22 CARREFOUR sells the picnic table at a reasonable price, less than $30. Cooler boxes can be obtained at Carrefour as well. They range in price and size. See which one best suits your needs. Mats are very useful and you can get them at any local
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    Lock icon barking up the right tree
    425 23  -  If mats are what you want, you're h ip] CHEAP AND HIP: STYLE FOR THE B U D Q E T C 0 N 3 C I 0 II S By Carol Leone carol@sph.ccxn.sg THIS thing that the cute turtle is crawling on in the
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  • MATTERS OF THE HEART AND BODY
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      My man is married, has a daughter
      139 24 I AM in love with a married man. But I only knew that he was married just recently. I am 21 and he is 24 years old. When we first met, I asked him if he's married and he said no. We are
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      You have to start all over again with her
      294 24 A reader's advice... Last week's letter: ERIC and his girlfriend broke up after a six-month relationship. Even though it was an amicable break-up, he still couldn't let her go. The problem started because she was afraid of him. He said that
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      Always in trouble with the law
      535 24 I AM 25 years old and my cousin Is 27. We plan to get married. Unfortunately, my cousin is always in trouble with the law. I've advised him many times not to waste his money but he never listens. He says he could do
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      People make me nervous
      180 24 lAM 15 years old. My problem is I get very nervous when someone talks tome. At home, my brother likes to tease me and that makes me feel more nervous. How can I get over this? Sad Girl AGGIE replies: Why are you nervous when someone
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    • Puberty Dr Lim Su Min clears the air over teen sex issues
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        How does a girl get pregnant?
        485 24 LET'S say a guy puts his Q finger into a girl's virgins (sic). Will the girl get pregnant? All my friends have been telling me that only if the guy puts his "thing" into the girl's virgina would she get pregnant. Is this true?
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        How can I cope with urges?
        163 24 PLEASE answer this Q question to give some peace to my heart: I know that having flings with people at nightclubs is dangerous. But is it safe to frequent those prostitute dens at Geylang to quench my sexual needs? Do the females working there
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      44 24 CAN YOU HELP? If you think you can help with tomi useful advice, write or fex to Aggie by Wednesday. The beet letter will bo published next week. The writer of the best reply will receive a special ©T-shirt and a New Paper cap.
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    The UPs and DOWNs of taking a lift
    647 25  -  I |[J p| A FORNIGHTLY COLUMN BY SINGAPORE'S BUSIEST FUNNYMAN L J by Siva Choy CHLA'S kid, Newton, is a computer whiz. He taught us everything about computers. He was known to have brought dead computers back to life and to operate
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  • Feature
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      Love means never having to say 'Don' Know
      490 27 Take the Love Quiz IF you want a happy marriage, make sure you know your partner. That's what US psychologist Dr John Gottman believes. Ana he has written about it in his best-selling book The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. According
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      The seven principles
      581 27 Enhance your love maps How well do you really know your partner? Love maps chart this and offer ideas on how to keep enhancing them. How well you know your partner is crucial since you can't love someone you don't really know. The better your Love Map,
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      Lock icon Watch that facial expression
      247 27  -  I By Calvin Low calvin@sph.com.sg DR GOTfMAN believes that facial expressions and the emotions behind them say a lot about the state of your relationship in times of conflict. Hence his method of predicting the destiny of relationships involves recreating the circumstances of a conflict, as
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      Checkmate!
      427 28  -  By Calvin Low calvin@sph.com.sg THE winner said the game quiz was not helpful. The loser raved about how beneficial it was in forging a closer bond between them through mutual knowledge. But both had fun doing the test. Businessman CK Shek, 43, married Ms Ranee, 41, a teacher, seven
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      172 28 r fcue&ehj I can't say no to... "A cup of tea. I drink all kinds of tea, Chinese tea, herbal tea, green tea, fruit tea, English tea, everything. I have been drinking tea since I could hold a cup. I was brought up on tea." Phil Rodeil, 22, singer in
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    Lock icon Gyra where you are
    571 29  -  Ch,c Q By Ernest Luis emest@sph.com.sg RIBENA pub? I asked my editor. "La Vina pub lah", he corrected me. "It's at the basement of Marco Polo. The latest pub by Dennis Foo's Europa chain. Check it out." So I ventured out to see what's so great
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      743 30 [jVtoday] Animal Adventures/Adventure Rio SaiTimO HUflg Stories from My Childhood/Hallo Martial Law !T ChannelS t 8.30 pm Phumba* m<M ,n< Ol tHC This is one show that I will always ask my ».oo Extreme Dinouun/DiMwy'iDouf ctaV 'MlMi duiWlTi m "J" to tape if I ever miss it. His command 10.00
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    The modern Miss is missing something
    516 31  -  [SingleColumnJ by Deepa B Edited fay Lela JaJil lela@sph.com.sg AH, those single days. I remember my heart racing at the passing glimpse of a tall, dark, handsome guy. I remember giggling with my girlfriends over Andre Agassi, Pierce Brosnan and Jeremy Irons. I remember
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  • seen Heard SHARP
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      Not-so-simple plot with excellent end
      265 32  -  THE MOVIE A Simple Plan Three buddies stumble on a plane wreck. In It they find a bag containing US$4 million. The fun starts when they fight over what to do with the money. Stars: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton and Bridget Fonda. by CHAN
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      Freeze Frame:
      65 32 Lines of the week: M lf s the American dream In a gym bag."—Lou when they And US$4 million stuffed in a bag "You work for the American dream—you don't steal it." Hank, the goody two-shoes. "Those things are always waiting for something to die so they can
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      Slow pace may turn you off
      242 32  -  "»y ERNEST LUIS FIRSTLY, a Simple Plan may have sounded too boring for many movie buffs here. Which is a pity because it's a great film with excellent twists. But the pace is slow, which is why even Seet Fun said the same thing
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      They say
      165 32 []Jamti BerardinelN In Reel Views (online): "Director Sam Vtaiml... does a marvelous job of depleting the growing tension between the characters. While there ere moments that offer shock value, Raimi's primary goal Is to gradually build up the suspense. He draws us into the story by meldng Bill
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      208 32 |/VRr h- .5' ra U Nothing beats a getaway far from the stress and pasture of the busy city We were opportune when our company, ShaqoAaxy Salaa. twenty brought the entire Sharp-Roxy to a HI I cruise aboard fte magnlfioent Supeiatar Leo. K*j tatting sati on a Friday evening. Stepping
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      296 35  -  [cooistuff] By Yong Shu Hoong shyong@singnetcom.sg FOR PC users who have ventured to the other side and bought for themselves those candy-coloured translucent boxes known as iMac it's time to get acquainted. First, you need to know that iMac uses the operating system Mac OS, which
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      330 35 fweiredj FORGET about red tape. With the launch of eCitizen Centre last month, every Net surfer in Singapore should find it a breeze to interact with government agencies. The eCitizen Centre, which stands for Every Citizen Centre, is a joint project by the Public Service
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      605 41  -  By- Tan Thean Loon TRAINER John O'Hara is set to saddle a double at his home base in Penang this afternoon. Two of his horses, Triangle in Race 4 and Gippsland in Race 9, have winning chances. Triangle is a treat with the dream
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        42 41 MARC TAN Superb effort when second by only a shorthead to Uncle Chan last Saturday. Jockey Azhar Ismail probably timed his run a little late. Drawn well again and should get off the mark this afternoon.
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        42 41 DANNY KHOO Get off to a flying start with Kabar Mas, who should get his winning break today. Found one to beat for the third time in five starts with late-closing second to Tambunan last Sunday.
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        32 41 TAN THEAN LOON Drew away to win convincingly over 1,700m last Sunday. Can be followed again now that he has come right although the field is stronger.
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      51 41 RACE 2: Super Partner. RACE 3: Great Chief. RACE 4: Nana Abjar. RACE 5: Sir Caversham. Fireflash, Burnt Yates, High Master, Flamboyant. RACE 6: Another Chapter, Ranking Ahead. RACE 7: Drum Rhythm, Imperial Star, Victory Luck. RACE 9: Water Level. RACE 10: Twin Heroes, Victory Gate, Breezy Vee, Princess
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      155 42  -  By Danny Khoo Numerical superiority counted for nothing in the RM35.000 ($15,750) Racing Writers Association Trophy race at Penang yesterday. American trainer John Brink had four runners in the nine-horse race but the best he could garner was a second with We Sing. Honours went
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      809 44 PENANG TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT THE stewards yesterday inquired into apprentice Sainul Jumaat's ride on Trustful Seal in Race 8 last Sunday. They charged Sainul with careless riding under Rule 149 (a) (ii) in that while riding the horse at about the I,ooom, he
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      395 46  -  STANDARD CHARTERED INTERNATIONAL RUGBY SERIES: SINGAPORE 10 HONGKONG 12 Who do the Reds play next week? By< Gerard Wong DID a controversial try rob Singapore of victory yesterday? At the end of the day, does it really matter? Singapore may have lost 10-12 to Hongkong in the
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      377 46  -  DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP 1 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) 16pts 2 Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) 12 3 Mika Hakkinen (McLaren) and Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Jordan) 10 5 Ralf Schumacher (Williams) 7 CONSTRUCTORS 1 Ferrari, 28 pts 2 McLaren Mercedes, 16 3 Jordan, 13 4Williams, 7 5 Stewart Ford, 6 By Peter
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      664 47 CRICKET SLOW AND BORING? The World Cup off Cricket has begun. The next month will be a matter of life and death for some fans, says RAHUL PATHAK BALLI was a man in love. Hair slicked back, shoes the worse for wear and a
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      192 47 TODAY'S GAMES GROUP* West Indies v Pakistan Australia v Scotland Reuters. RIVAL captains Wasim Akram and Brian Lara will turn to their pacemen when Pakistan and the West Indies open their cricket World Cup accounts today. While Pakistan has the most lethal bowling attack in
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      80 47 IN a match it started as underdog, India put up a fighting 253 for five wickets against tournament favourite South Africa. The steadify-paced Indian innings was built around a gutsy 97 by left-hander Sourav Ganguly, who missed his century only because of a brilliant fielding effort by Johnty Rhodes.
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      750 48  -  DEADLINE TODAY: I MANCHESTER UNITED v TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR Which team has used the smallest squad in the Premier League? By Ian Brown EVERY week the Manchester United bench groans with quality. But it's not just this strength-in-depth that has taken United to one match away each from the
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      283 48  -  By Ian Brown BEFORE Peter Schmeichel pulls on the gloves for Manchester United today, he may just tinkle the ivories with a rendition of Tlie Last Waltz. U I play a bit on the piano before every game, anything from Billy Joel to classical," says the Great
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      368 49  -  DEADLINE TODAY: ARSENAL v ASTON VILLA By Ian Brown IF Arsenal manages to steal the Premier League title from Manchester United's grasp, it'll have to thank one latecomer. Since joining Arsenal midseason, Nigerian Nwankwo Kanu has scored vital goals. And life is certainly a new age in
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      65 49 Nelson Vivas will start in place of injured leftback Nigel Winterbum. He was blamed for letting in Jimmy Floyd Hasselbainkto score Leeds' winner, but has got Arsene Wenger's vote of confidence. Villa manager John Gregory may give 18-year-old striker Darius Vassell his first start after injuries to Stan
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      87 49 AFP AC MILAN looks set to win the Italian Serie A title after going one point clear last night with one match left to play. Milan crushed Empoli 4-0, while former leader Lazio drew 1-1 away to Fiorentina. German ace Oliver Bierhoff bagged a hat-trick
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      567 50 MAN UTD: 10 DAYS TO THREE CROWNS Why did David Beckham think of going abroad after the World Cup last year? Rob Hughes is the chief sports writer for the Times of London. He also contributes a soccer column to the International Herald Tribune and
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      109 50 TODAY in Monaco, road racers dice with their lives. All Formula 1 is driven to the edge between triumph and disaster, but around Monte Carlo, cars tend to get airborne and land on some exclusive yachts in the harbour. Fastest man around the casino is usually Michael Schumacher.
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      He, too, wants to wear red
      284 50 SPEAKING of men, Juan Sebastian Veron (above) is quite a guy. At the end of a season when players claim their minds and bodies are numb, he exudes joy in his work. Veron had an outstanding World Cup for Argentina and is now Parma's
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      465 51  -  S-LEAGUE REFEREE FLASHES 7 RED CARPS BUT CLAIMS... By Suresh Nair WAS I card-happy? Why should I spoil the game for the players? Why should I ruin the entertainment value for the fans? These were some of the questions which went through the mind of Class
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      220 51 ||NBA PLAYOFFS: FIRST ROUND (BEST OF 5 GAMES) I Reuters. STAYIN' alive was the theme of the day as the Utah Jazz, Miami Heat and Detroit Pistons all forced a fifth and deciding game with wins yesterday. The Jazz pulled off a thrilling 90-89 victory
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      476 52  -  TANJONG PAGAR 2 (Lim Tong Hai 30th min, Quek Hock Tiong 37th) MajaaimMon Nsm Equipment sponsor? Piniui SAFFC4 (Ahmad Latlff Khamarudin 14th, Nazri Nasir 31st, Azhar Salleh 68th, Hafizat Jauharmi 90th) |§*Xn MyyMAfi tit iiiHiManl vfMin spomor vwcruvuvvocvt v9liuv By] Peter Siow JUST when you
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      155 52 TAMPINES ROVERS 0 WOODLANDS 2 IT was expected to wallow in the mud last night. But it did not. Woodlands Wellington battled against the odds and rose to the occasion to shock Tampines Rovers 2-0 at the home of the Stags. Tampines made news last week
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